Horse & Hound

Piper calls the tune

WELLINGTON

25–28 August

Wellington, Hants

TWO contrasting stablemates took home first and second prizes in the Pony Club 110 championships for their rider Charlie Piper, 19. Nine-year-old Just Sid was third after dressage but his fast double clear elevated him to the top spot on his first-phase score of 31. Another clean sheet, this time for 17.1hh Zadok D, aged 19, moved him up from sixth to finish runner-up on 32.6.

“They’re complete opposites, but on a good day they produce about the same result,” said Charlie representing the Polden Hills branch of the Pony Club.

Sid had an unusual start for a winning event horse.

“He was

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